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+{"listOfPriorityCygnets":[{"cygnetIconLocation":"icons\/planetary\/earth-wsa-enlil-gong-fl-connectivity-ICON.png","cygnetStatus":"PRIORITY","cygnetDescription":"Earth - Solar Photospheric Magnetogram and Derived Coronal Holes. The CorHel WSA-ENLIL ( GONG Observatory ) combination of corona and heliosphere models provides the magnetic field lines in the heliopshere. Any location in the heliosphere can be traced back to the corona and the Sun's surface.\n\nThe plot shows the magnetic connection from Earth onto the Sun's surface (GONG magnetogram used for the modeling) at the time indicated at the top of the panel. ","cygnetName":"earth_connectivity_coronal_holes","cygnetUpdateInterval":14400,"cygnetMode":"active","cygnetDisplayTitle":"Earth Connectivity","cygnetType":"static","cygnetID":81,"cygnetLastUpdated":"2015-07-26 08:07:00.0"},{"cygnetIconLocation":"icons\/planetary\/mars-wsa-enlil-gong-fl-connectivity-ICON.png","cygnetStatus":"PRIORITY","cygnetDescription":"Mars - Solar Photospheric Magnetogram and Derived Coronal Holes. The CorHel WSA-ENLIL ( GONG Observatory ) combination of corona and heliosphere models provides the magnetic field lines in the heliopshere. Any location in the heliosphere can be traced back to the corona and the Sun's surface.\n\nThe plot shows the magnetic connection from Mars onto the Sun's surface (GONG magnetogram used for the modeling) at the time indicated at the top of the panel. ","cygnetName":"mars_connectivity_coronal_holes","cygnetUpdateInterval":14400,"cygnetMode":"active","cygnetDisplayTitle":"Mars Connectivity","cygnetType":"static","cygnetID":82,"cygnetLastUpdated":"2015-07-26 08:07:00.0"},{"cygnetIconLocation":"icons\/planetary\/mercury-wsa-enlil-gong-fl-connectivity-ICON.png","cygnetStatus":"PRIORITY","cygnetDescription":"Mercury - Solar Photospheric Magnetogram and Derived Coronal Holes. The CorHel WSA-ENLIL ( GONG Observatory ) combination of corona and heliosphere models provides the magnetic field lines in the heliopshere. Any location in the heliosphere can be traced back to the corona and the Sun's surface.\n\nThe plot shows the magnetic connection from Mercury onto the Sun's surface (GONG magnetogram used for the modeling) at the time indicated at the top of the panel. ","cygnetName":"mercury_connectivity_coronal_holes","cygnetUpdateInterval":14400,"cygnetMode":"active","cygnetDisplayTitle":"Mercury Connectivity","cygnetType":"static","cygnetID":83,"cygnetLastUpdated":"2015-07-26 08:07:00.0"},{"cygnetIconLocation":"icons\/planetary\/venus-wsa-enlil-gong-fl-connectivity-ICON.png","cygnetStatus":"PRIORITY","cygnetDescription":"Venus - Solar Photospheric Magnetogram and Derived Coronal Holes. The CorHel WSA-ENLIL ( GONG Observatory ) combination of corona and heliosphere models provides the magnetic field lines in the heliopshere. Any location in the heliosphere can be traced back to the corona and the Sun's surface.\n\nThe plot shows the magnetic connection from Venus onto the Sun's surface (GONG magnetogram used for the modeling) at the time indicated at the top of the panel. ","cygnetName":"venus_connectivity_coronal_holes","cygnetUpdateInterval":14400,"cygnetMode":"active","cygnetDisplayTitle":"Venus Connectivity","cygnetType":"static","cygnetID":84,"cygnetLastUpdated":"2015-07-26 08:07:00.0"},{"cygnetIconLocation":"icons\/heliosphere\/ENLIL_tim-vel_ecl-Earth-NOWCAST.png","cygnetStatus":"PRIORITY","cygnetDescription":"ENLIL Heliosphere - Ecliptic Plane - NOWCAST ( Velocity )","cygnetName":"enlil-ecliptic-velocity-NOWCAST","cygnetUpdateInterval":14400,"cygnetMode":"test","cygnetDisplayTitle":"ENLIL Heliosphere Ecliptic Plane - NOWCAST ( Velocity )","cygnetType":"static","cygnetID":423,"cygnetLastUpdated":"2015-12-09 23:30:54.0"},{"cygnetIconLocation":"icons\/heliosphere\/ENLIL_tim-den_ecl-Earth-NOWCAST.png","cygnetStatus":"PRIORITY","cygnetDescription":"ENLIL Heliosphere - Ecliptic Plane - NOWCAST ( Density )","cygnetName":"enlil-ecliptic-density-NOWCAST","cygnetUpdateInterval":14400,"cygnetMode":"test","cygnetDisplayTitle":"ENLIL Heliosphere Ecliptic Plane - NOWCAST ( Density )","cygnetType":"static","cygnetID":425,"cygnetLastUpdated":"2015-12-09 23:30:54.0"}]}
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+/*!
+@mainpage
+
+These pages contain the API documentation of JSON for Modern C++, a C++11
+header-only JSON class.
+
+Class @ref nlohmann::basic_json is a good entry point for the documentation.
+
+@copyright The code is licensed under the [MIT
+ License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT):
+
+ Copyright © 2013-2016 Niels Lohmann.
+
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ SOFTWARE.
+
+@author [Niels Lohmann](http://nlohmann.me)
+@see https://github.com/nlohmann/json to download the source code
+
+@version 1.1.0
+*/
+
+#ifndef NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP
+#define NLOHMANN_JSON_HPP
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include